Pandemic Amid an Economic Crisis: Challenges for Syria
... ): COVID-19 in Syria and Neighbouring Countries The good indicators are partly explained by the fact that wartime Syria under sanctions has been a closed country compared to the more open Israel, Lebanon and Turkey, this reducing the objective risk of infection. Even after Damascus International Airport (which had not functioned ... ... number of scheduled flights remained small compared to Beirut Airport, which has become the gateway to the outside world for many Syrians. Passengers are required to provide COVID-19 test results on arrival and departure. Many official border crossing points in Syria are still closed, which is also ...